Carry MacBook Pro while sleeping mode

Hello should i leave my macbook pro to sleep while i'm carrying this on my bag?
is it safe?

I do. Some people say not to, some say its ok, but I did it in grad school and 2+ years later my mac is fine. I would turn it off duering long trips and put it to sleep during short ones.

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I was browsing the 'downloads' section of the Apple support page and I saw a firmware update that might help you out.
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Frank Deale wrote:
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